The sun is turning westward, and the pouring of the foundation is nearing its end. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

When all the concrete was poured into the ground beam, some craftsmen began to insert and pull out the ground beam with iron rods according to Xiao Ming's order.

In modern concrete construction, after the concrete is poured, it is necessary to vibrate the vibrating rod, which is to avoid the formation of pores between the concrete materials, and after the vibration, the concrete will become tight.

At this time, there is no such condition, and only artificial stupid methods can be used.

"Xu Changgui, start backfilling after three days, remember to irrigate when backfilling to let the soil solidify." Xiao Ming instructed a middle-aged craftsman at this time.

This person was a slave bought back by Liang Dahai, and was later incorporated into this team, and he used to do the work of a mason, so after Xiao Ming gave various orders, Xu Changgui understood quickly.

Thinking that in the future, these craftsmen would be incorporated into the construction camp and be responsible for the construction of Qingzhou in the future, he felt that he had to train a few people who understood technology, so he always took Xu Changgui with him to teach in the past two days.

Let him master various techniques in the construction of the city wall.

"Yes, Your Highness." Xu Changgui was cautious beside Xiao Ming, he was a slave, he knew that his status was humble, and he was already an ancestor who was favored by Xiao Ming.

So I have been studying hard these days, after all, if I can get the appreciation of King Qi, maybe I can get rid of the status of a slave in the future.

As he was speaking, a burst of cheers suddenly sounded, Xiao Ming turned his head and saw a pair of cavalry moving in this direction, all of them wearing silver armor.

"Your Highness, it should be Niu Ben and Lu Fei that they are back, it seems that the barbarians have begun to round them up." Zhan Xingchang said.

Xiao Ming nodded, "This is called the enemy advancing and I retreating, the barbarians have gone to such great lengths to hunt and arrest, so we just withdrew and let them continue to search." ”

Zhan Xingchang smiled evilly: "When the barbarians find out, they can't find anyone, I'm afraid they will be angry." ”

The cavalry in the distance was getting closer and closer, and they could already see a clear face, this group of men and horses was Lu Fei.

And the cavalry also drove thousands of horses.

"Your Highness, the last general is back." Lu Fei was dusty, and his armor was still stained with grass leaves, which showed the hard work of the past half a month.

Xiao Ming patted him on the shoulder, "Yes, it's good to come back, I'm still worried that you won't come back." ”

"The last general will not dare, otherwise he will not be killed by the barbarians this time, but he will also be beheaded by His Highness." Lu Fei said with a smile, and then he asked, "By the way, Your Highness, has Niu Dudu come back?" ”

"Not yet." Xiao Ming was a little worried in his heart.

Lu Fei was shocked when he heard this, and said: "Yes, when we came back, we found a cavalry of 5,000 people rushing towards Cangzhou City, these cavalry must be trying to cut off our back road, just a little bit, we can't come back smoothly." ”

As soon as the words fell, Luo Xin on the city wall suddenly shouted: "Your Highness, there are cavalry coming this way." ”

Xiao Ming and the three of them immediately went up to the city wall, took the binoculars, and sure enough, he saw barbarian cavalry in the distance, these barbarian cavalry stopped far away, and did not attack, but just wandered outside the city.

"Your Highness, Lu Fei is right, these barbarian cavalry must have come to cut off our back route." Zhan Xingchang said.

"What to do? Your Highness, Niu Dudu, even if he is the god of war, cannot defeat these cavalry with a thousand men. Lu Fei was a little anxious.

Xiao Ming actually had a plan in his heart, but he didn't dare to reveal this hole card casually until he had no choice but to open the cave. ”

"Cave, yes, how did I forget this." Lu Fei was suddenly overjoyed.

In the autumn of last year, the barbarian cavalry entered Cangzhou from a cave ten miles west of Cangzhou City, and were all captured and killed at that time.

In the last battle of Cangzhou, the barbarians did not make a fuss in this cave, so it can be seen that the only group of barbarians who knew the location of this cave at that time was that team.

"Caves?" Zhan Xingchang showed a confused look.

Lu Fei said: "This cave is ten miles west of Cangzhou City, and this cave is very narrow, only one person and one horse, last year, I led people to block it. ”

"Without further ado, you immediately take someone to open the cave and pick up General Niu Ben back, if this cave is not discovered by the barbarians, you will continue to attack through here in the future, if it is discovered, blow up the cave, this raid plan can be ended, now that the foundation has been poured, the rest of the matter is much simpler."

"Yes." Lu Fei nodded and immediately led people to the cave.

Zhan Xingchang said at this time: "No wonder Your Highness is so calm, it turns out that you have a plan." ”

"This is also the last hole card, before leaving, I gave Lu Fei and Niu Ben a trick respectively, so that they can open it when they are in a desperate situation, Lu Fei didn't use it, so I don't know."

Zhan Xingchang nodded and said, "I hope General Niu can open the bag and take a look now." ”

When the two discussed, Niu Ben's team could already see the Qinling Mountains and rivers on both sides of Cangzhou City.

He still remembered that these two peaks were still the names that Xiao Wenxuan obtained when he toured the Great Chongqing Kingdom.

"Governor, there are barbarian cavalry outside Cangzhou City."

At this time, the scout who came out came to report.

"The barbarians aren't too stupid." Niu Ben waved his hand and motioned for the team to stop.

"What should I do?" A bold lieutenant asked.

Niu Ben's eyes narrowed, when he was exiled to the mine, he had already looked down on life and death, and he was willing to enter the grassland this time, and now his only hope for life is to one day be able to drive out the barbarians and drink horses from the Tianshan Mountain.

"Hahaha, are you afraid of death?" Niu Ben suddenly laughed arrogantly at this time.

"Of course not!" The soldiers shouted in unison.

Niu Ben raised his binoculars and looked at the five thousand iron horsemen, who could not break through this blockade under any circumstances.

He was not afraid of death, but these soldiers were still so young, and when he entered the steppe this time, the proportion of generals in his team was very high, and there were more than thirty Kokang captains alone, and there were other veterans such as centurions.

It can be said that he is leading the elite of the elite, and in the past ten days, he has been teaching these generals how to hide in the grassland, how to find water, how to change formations in the rush, and how to avoid the pursuit of the barbarians.

It would be a pity if these generals were dead, and when he was in despair, he suddenly remembered the tips that Xiao Ming gave him before leaving.

After a moment's hesitation, he pulled out his bag.

Seeing the contents of the bag, Niu Ben smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Entering the Qinling Mountains, our Highness has already left us a way out." Niu Ben's spirit was shocked, and he pointed to Qinling not far away and said.

(To be continued.) )